Third Deakin ministry | |
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 7th Ministry of Australia | |
 Joseph Cook and Alfred Deakin in 1909. | |
| Date formed | 2 June 1909 |
| Date dissolved | 29 April 1910 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Governor-General | Lord Dudley |
| Prime Minister | Alfred Deakin |
| No. of ministers | 10 |
| Member party | Commonwealth Liberal |
| Status in legislature | Majority government |
| Opposition party | Labour |
| Opposition leader | Andrew Fisher |
| History | |
| Outgoing election | 13 April 1910 |
| Legislature term | 3rd |
| Predecessor | First Fisher ministry |
| Successor | Second Fisher ministry |
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The Third Deakin ministry (Liberal) was the 7th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 2nd Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin. The Fourth Deakin ministry succeeded the First Fisher ministry, which dissolved on 2 June 1909 after the Protectionist Party and the Anti-Socialist Party merged into the Liberal Party "fusion" and withdrew their support in order to form what became the first majority government in federal Australian history. The ministry was replaced by the Second Fisher ministry on 29 April 1910 following the federal election that took place on 13 April which saw the Labour Party defeat the Liberals.[1]
Joseph Cook, who died in 1947, was the last surviving member of the Third Deakin ministry.
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.